from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . first vote to raise the minimum ge. linn county supervisors are set to hold the first of 3 votes on this. "42:58, "everything with electronics puts off heat " after a cedar rapids woman's smartphone explodes, firefighters say you might want to change your battery charging habits. a dash cam captures a close call. a winterset police officer narrowly avoids a driver. good tuesday morning! it's 4:30 on august 31st. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a great day in all areas. highs will drop into the upper 70s today with lower humidity levels as well. our wind will

soaking rain as a tropical system moves over florida and hugs the coastline. in response, our beautiful weather will continue through sunday. by sunday night into monday, our next chance of rain arrives. have a great day, and enjoy the welcome dry break!today: mostly sunny and less humid. wind: ne 5-15. high: 79 tonight: clear and comfortable. wind: ne 5-10. low: 56 tomorrow: mostly sunny, spectacular. low humidity. wind: ne 5-10. high: 75 tom. night: clear and cool. wind: light ne low: 53 thanks kaj.

county's minimum wage today. it's the first of 3 votes that would boost the minimum wage, eventually becoming $10.25 an hour in 2019 during this morning meeting, the supervisiors are set to ask the county attorney to officially start drafting an ordinance. their second and third readings of the ordinance are september 6th and 12th. supervisors rejected some calls for a lower minimum wage for workers ages 14-17. one of iow' wapello county, may also raise its minimum wage. the proposal would increase the wage by 95 cents a year to 10-10 an hour by 2019. wapello county is in southeast iowa. the county's poverty rate is third-highest in the state. the board voted a second time monday to advance the proposal. a final vote is scheduled for september 13th. several people at the board meeting this week said the increase would hurt county businesses. supervisors say raising the wage is the best way to see that the lowest- wage

including linn and wapello, there are now four counties in iowa that have either approved or are considering raising the county minimum wage. johnson county already approved its increase. polk county is also considering a raise. nearly every electronic device you have uses them. lithium batteries are in your cell phone, laptops, and even your children's toys. that's why iowa firefighters are growing increasingly worried about the number of problems they've seen with the batteries. now. brea, what is one sign of danger firefighters say people can look out for? chris and nicole, firefighters are warning people of swelling batteries. a swollen battery is just one of the clues that a lithium-ion battery has gone bad. and when using those types of batteries, local firefighters say people should take some precautions. this comes into play after cedar rapids firefighters believe a cell phone battery exploded in patricia dampier's home friday. patricia says she tried to answer her h-t-c- phone when her phone

he firefighters say most lithium battery fires are start while electronics are charging. officials say you should never be asleep when the device is charging. and if you happen to need a new battery, experts say do not buy one that's an off brand. 43:25, "make sure it's the exact battery for the device and make sure its in in a place that it can cool, and yeah there have been reports of faulty batteries" firefightersrcmmend keeping a fire extinguisher electronics. officals also warn that using an off-brand charger can destroy a phone. one iowa veteran vowed to honor past veterans until he dies. gerald leblanc is preserving hundreds of veterans markers, fading from headstones in des moines. there are about 160 of the monuments and blocks throughout the glendale cemetery that need restoring. due to heavy rain, snow and

leblanc says he won't let that happen. "7.53:07 - 8.03:21 each of these markers are a window to the past. and when you look in the windows you see the sacrifices these fellows had done." " with the help of congressman david young and several companies, there's now have enough money to rescue thousands of markers at the glendale cemetery. more than 2 million dollars will be coming to help prevent veterans from becoming homeless in iowa. the money comes from a program through the it's going to 3 programs. one is located in central iowa, one helps veterans in both iowa and illinois. the 3rd is hawkeye area community action program, or hacap, based in hiawatha. they'll receive the bulk of the money - more than $1.2 million dollars. the money can be used for temporary financial assistance to help with expenses like rent, utility payments and more. this is video from hacap's food pantry. a dash cam caught a close call between a

police officer. a vehicle crossed over into officer christian dekker's lane and nearly hit him head-on early saturday morning. the car was speeding on highway 92. the officer was able to swerve and avoid the crash. the suspected intoxicated driver is 26 year old matthew huntsman of urbandale. dekker pulled him over and arrestedlocks from the winterset police station. who accidentally shot himself in the face will not get jail time -- but they will get probation. both raven harris, who is 26, and willie horsley sr, who is 30, pleaded guilty to having a gun despite being prohibited. police say on january 3rd, their son, jeremiah horsley, was playing with a handgun when it went off, wounding him in his jaw. he was only 2 at the time. a helicopter flew him to uihc for treatment. both harris and horsely still have upcoming trials on several state

a federal judge in iowa refused to issue a restraining order for dakota access. the texas based company wanted one against two organizations who are protesting the bakken oil pipeline. in her order, the judge said dakota access did not prove there's an immediate risk of injury or damage. protesters are upset they lost land because of eminent domain, and fear what the pipeline could do to the environment. it will cross 18 iowa counties as it moves oil from noth dakota to hearing for friday for more consideration on the issue. about 100 people plan to peacefully protest a pipeline construction site in central iowa today. an anti-pipeline protest leader says people will gather in boone. governor terry branstad is calling on law enforcement to stop any more vandalism to the pipeline. he has asked the iowa state patrol to help county sheriffs with future protests. a trooper says he hopes it doesn't reach that point. ""we're starting to see

just hoping that it doesn't escalate into something so big that county can't handle it, that we have to be called in. but if we're called in we'll be there." " the man leading the anti-pipeline movement promises protesters will be non-violent. "".. none of us involved with this are supportive of violence, are supportive of arson, property damage. he knows that and the state patrol knows that as well." " fallon says the exact location of today's supporters say it's a beautiful symbol for parents who have lost a child. people in dubuque hope raise enough money to have an angel of hope statue. they say it's a way to help parent grieve the loss of a child. but right now, here's a look at

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areas. highs will drop into the upper 70s today with lower humidity levels as well. our wind will generally blow out of the north as high pressure builds in. much of the east coast will be in for soaking rain as a tropical system moves over florida and hugs the coastline. in response, our beautiful weather will continue through sunday. by sunday night into monday, our

enjoy the welcome dry break!today: mostly sunny and less humid. wind: ne 5-15. high: 79 tonight: clear and comfortable. wind: ne 5-10. low: 56 tomorrow: mostly sunny, spectacular. low humidity. wind: ne 5-10. high: 75 tom. night: clear and cool. wind: light ne low: 53

raising money for a special statue. it's the angel of hope, and it's a symbol for parents who've lost a child. the groups "the compassionate friends," "share," and "angel wings" are raising money for it. they're holding fundraisers, and they've started a "go fund me" page. the groups haven't chosen a location for the statue yet, but they're considering several locations including this cemetery on key west drive. they hope to find a place that is centrally located and easy for parents to visit at any time of year. " access when you want to go and just see tha to be able to think of your child and all of the kids that have gone before us." " the statue will cost up to $30,000 dollars. there are more than 100 angel of hope statutes across the u-s and one in japan. every year on december 6th, a candlelight ceremony takes place at each angel of hope statue in the world. downtown cedar rapids welcomed thousands for a successful "market after dark." this was the second year the metro economic alliance tried a market in the

were at last saturday's event. even more were there last year, and people complained about overcrowding. so this year, the market spread out over twice the space. nearly one hundred vendors were also part of the event. google is moving in on uber's turf in san francisco and a big tech battle could start brewing.

accepted an invite from the country's president to meet privately. abc's kenneth moton reports that this is all happening just hours before trump delivers a speech to clarify his stance on immigration. this morning, donald trump is heading south of the border...the same one where he plans to build that wall. sot donald trump we are also going to secure our border overnight, trump rallied in washington state. but today, the man who climbed to the top of the gop ladder on a plan of mass deportations of mexicans... sot trump in june 2015 they're

meet privately with mexican president enrique pena nieto. nieto has been critical of trump comparing him to hitler. and that promise to make mexico pay for that wall riled up mexican leaders like former president vincente fox on fusion. sot vincente fox file i am not going to pay for that f---- wall. trump's visit is happening just hours before he travels to arizona to clarify his stance on immigration. a plan trump's son told cnn is not shifting or softening. sot donald trump jr. on cnn his policy has been the same for the last you know six, seven, eighth months response: what ultimately matters is what donald trump says to voters in arizona, not mexico, and whether he remains committed to the splitting up of families and deportation of millions. clinton raked in 12 million dollars on a 3 day fundraising swing in the hamptons. now more email fallout...the state department says about 30 emails related to the benghazi attacks were recovered during the fbi's investigation into the former secretary of state's private email server. clinton may have turned over some or all those emails initially but the state

trump, clinton was also invited to meet with mexico's president...he r campaign says she looks forward to it at the appropriate time. kenneth moton, abc news washington. president obama is traveling to lake tahoe, nevada today to speak at the 20th annual lake tahoe summit. there he will highlight his commitmen he will also hear scientists' worries over water clarity and invasive species at the lake. tonight the president will travel to honolulu for another conservation conference. this trip comes as a hurricane warning is already in effect for the hawaiian island of oahu. president obama also commuted the prison sentences for 111 federal inmates, including two

long called for phasing out strict sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. he calls it excessive punishment. the president commuted sentences for mark glidden of clear lake and kenneth mccoy of council bluffs. both had been serving time for either making or distributing methamphetam ine. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this

plan on a great day in all areas. highs will drop into the upper 70s today

wind will generally blow out of the north as high pressure builds in. much of the east coast will be in for soaking rain as a tropical system moves over florida and hugs the coastline. in response, our beautiful weather will continue through sunday. by sunday night into monday, our next chance of rain arrives. have a great day, and enjoy the welcome dry break!today: mostly sunny and less humid. wind: ne 5-15. high: 79 tonight: clear and w: 56 tomorrow: mostly sunny, spectacular. low humidity. wind: ne 5-10. high: 75 tom. night: clear and cool. wind: light ne low: 53

in today's "techbytes" -- google may be chaujing uber. >> it's started sort of a ride-sharing situation in san francisco. >> still no word if it could expand outside the bay area. the two companies are also racing to build driverness cars. the iphone 7 comes out month. one major change. no headphone jack. >> you can use this adapter. it allows you to connect a set of head foens a smartphone without a headphone jack. a new papa john's app lets you order pizzas directly there your apple tv. >>ose are your "techbytes."

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early morning news. "22:19:34;05 it's not necessary " that's what a few people in central city say about the city's push for sidewalks. hot classrooms close iowa city schools. how school leaders say they are going to keep it cool in the future. a shoplifting incident turns into a human trafficking investigation in waterloo. good w it's 5 o'clock on august 31st. here's a live look at the city cam.